Pixy Liao was a graphic designer and then she discovered photography. The most important stage in her artistic journey was when she turned the camera on herself. To her life and her relationship. She played with the filters of the domestic, changed gender roles, experienced the sincerity of the image, exploring relational possibilities. In this last intimacy, her images actually speak of dangerous social clichés.
Her series of photography are exhibited for the first time in Romania in the exhibition "The woman who clicks the shutter", which can be seen at 2/3 galeria.
”In the beginning, I just thought photography is a skill to make money. I didn’t think that I was going to become an artist. I thought I was going to learn how to make a good photograph. Now I think photography is just a medium that I use to make artwork”, says Pixy.
Pixy Liao was born and raised in Shanghai and now she lives in Brooklyn, NY. We talked to her about the present day, where everyone is taking pictures, the mission of creators in 2023 and how she turned her relationship with her partner into art.
I think that would be around the time that I started making self-portraits with my partner. In the very beginning when I was just trying it out, my teacher Larry Jasud one day called me to his office. He said, Pixy, why don’t you title your artwork as if they were relationship tips from a lifestyle magazine? He understood what I was doing and gave me precious advice that I remembered by heart 'til today.
I would call the whole time while I was studying photography in the US "self-discovery". A time to get to know myself finally.
